Sean Hannity: 'Jon Stewart Was Right' About Swapped Demonstration Footage

A day after Daily Show host Jon Stewart accused Sean Hannity of swapping protest footage to make a Nov. 5 anti-health reform rally look larger, Hannity conceded that his program used an "incorrect video" during the segment. "It pains me to say it: Jon Stewart was right," Hannity said, according to the New York Times' Media Decoder blog. Hannity called the incident an "inadvertent mistake" and did not explain how it had happened.

On Tuesday night, Stewart joined a number of media watchdog organizations in claiming that Hannity had dramatically exaggerated the numbers of last week's protest. Stewart said footage shown on Hannity's program while he was interviewing the rally's organizer, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), looked markedly different than footage that had been seen earlier in the program. A closer comparison revealed that the majority of the footage rolling during the segment with Bachmann was from September's "9/12" protest, which had been a much larger event. A small notation on the screen said "earlier," but Hannity referred to the visuals as "Thursday," implying that the footage was of the Nov. 5 rally.

Hannity is not the only Fox News host to be accused of using misleading video footage recently. While criticizing White House communications director Anita Dunn for her alleged love of Mao Zedong, Glenn Beck chopped off a clip of Dunn's speech that altered the context of her statement, according to the Web site Media Matters for America. The "doctored" clip was used on several Fox programs.


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40 comments // Sean Hannity: 'Jon Stewart Was Right' About Swapped Demonstration Footage

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    Don't news organizations post the date of the footage if they air it again. Instead of being labeled "earlier", wouldn't it have been labeled "Sept. 12, 2009". Or is that just every other news organization that does that?

    WakeUpPeople
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    You're confusing Fox with a news organization.

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    Progresshiv
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    Haha - I hate Hannity. Hopefully this wakes up some Fox viewers to the idea that they should turn the channel.

    noxidereus
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    Another "mistake" by Fox "News". Sorry Sean ol' boy but other than the right wing crazies that listen to you, you're not fooling anyone.

    Mark701
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    Little Sean Hannity you right-winged nut job

    Makavelli45
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    Far too many errors out of Fox for this to be inadvertant. People who demand a truthful media will keep up the pressure and relegate Fox to the sidelines of the media industry where it belongs. With the cheerleaders.

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    neocongo
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    I was wondering how wondering how they would "SPIN" this. Personally I thought they would go with the secret mainstream liberal conspiracy theory staple the rely on so often when the truth accidentally comes out.

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    eldamon
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    Fox News and Sean Hannity Fair and Balanced. Did they all get there supply of tea bags? Nice camera work Fox.

    bike10
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    "inadvertent mistake" ??

    I don't think so.

    Sean Hannity's mother's pregnancy and his birth was and "inadvertent mistake", this was blatant attempt to inflate the numbers for propaganda purposes.

    The only reason he apologized is that he got caught.

    slarabee
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    Wonder y Daily Show did not jump on this.

    BTW that was a EXTREMELY insincere apology.
    he had his tongue in his cheek the whole time.

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    I have watched Fox anchors outright LIE and also use baited orwelian language to propagandize and indoctrinate, and thank God for John Stewart's showing one and one of many examples of their liles and decptions.
    Now CNN, as you need to boost your ratings, do as John and report the LIES this foul purveyor or propaganda is reporting as news!!!!

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    carmalite
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    Ok. I have to check my prescription here. First Obama says no to Afghanistan and now this.

    JonRaymond
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    Idiots. Jon Stewart and his staff rule!

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    this site is entertaining. didn't think I would see so many fools in one place! glad I stumbled on it by accident. see it's owned by liberal Al "I invented the Internet" Gore who's making HUNDREDS of millions off of you in his Green movement.

    Derek_Snyder
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    lol... pundits

    TargetMouse
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    Jon Stewart really don't get the respect as a reporter that he trutly deserve... and The Daily Show is the best news show hands down.

    MindofMine
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    Jon's Response was fun. He sat through an episode of Hannity. Poor Jon.

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    Wow, haters. So big deal they made a mistake. Anyone want to take CNN to task about ANWR pictures they "DELIBERATELY" fudged to make the frozen tundra look pristine? Need a link? I could go on and on about liberal organizations (aka news) and how they spin and spew lies and distortions.

    Unreal, the hate for an organization. It's so transparent the bias and the desire to shut down the voices of opposition.

    nobamayomama
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    Only a true zombie shill would look at falsified footage and call it a "mistake."

    I'm guessing you've never edited a video. It doesn't just fall into a vat of film like so much soup. You know exactly what you're doing and where the footage comes from, especially since it's all labeled.

    And liberal organizations spinning news? There are none, and your definition of liberal is anything that doesn't have the taint of right-wing stench all over it.

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    Saladin
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    Fox already fought the fight 'it's not illegal to distort' and won. Fox was able to overturn a jury award to two journalists who were fired from Fox for refusing to distort their report. Fox fought the jury award on the grounds, 'it's not illegal to distort'. Fox won and have been distorting 'at will' ever since. No accountability, no guarantee of truth. It should be illegal to 'distort' what news organizations report.

    http://www.sptimes.com/News/071700/SouthPinellas/Trial_pits_two_report.shtml

    Conniepae
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    nobamayomama

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